Geography 24, 25 and 26
Islam, Israel, Muslim
____ is the most important religion in Southwest Asia. Only one country, ____, does not have a _____ majority.
Kuwait, 1/10
_____ is a tiny country, and has _____ of the world's knon oil reserves.
capital city
a city that is the governmental center of a country or region.
primate city
a dominant city that is by far the largest and most important one
nonrenewable resource
a resource that takes so long to form it can't be replaced (ex: oil)
minaret
a tall, slender tower that is attached to a mosque
groundwater
water lying deep under the ground that supplies wells and springs. over half the people in the world depend on this for their drinking water.
Ankara
What is the capital of Turkey?
200, 170
As the Aral Sea shrank, the growing season changed from ____ days to ____ days.
irrigating
At first, ____ a desert to grow cotton worked well in Moynaq.
"white gold"
Cotton is sometimes called _____.
well chosen - built at the tip of a peninsula with a natural harbor. having water on three sides helped to protect the city from overland attack. and the peninsula is flat, fertile, and well watered, which makes it productive for farming
Describe the site of Istanbul.
well chosen - built on the Bosporus strait
Describe the situation of Istanbul.
seven, United Arab Emirates
Dubai is one of the ____ states that makes up the _____ _____ _____.
farming, fishing, or working in a fish cannery
How did many people make a living in Moynaq in 1960?
the size and services they offer
How do urban hierarchy's rate cities?
90 miles
How far is Moynaq from the Aral Sea's edge?
tiny plants and animals lived and died in the ocean and sank to the ocean floor, were turned into oil and natural gas because of the weight of the water and heat of the earth
How is oil formed?
1,000 years
How long did the Byzantium Empire last?
2,000 years
How long has Istanbul been a sports center?
more than 400,000
How many people relocate to Istanbul each year?
half a million people
How many people shop in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar each day?
95 million pounds
How much fish was harvested from the Aral Sea each year before 1980?
90%
How much of the Amu and Syr rivers waters was stored behind the dams?
almost 2/3
How much of the Turkey's industry is located in Istanbul?
Europe, Asia, Africa, China, Russia, East Africa
In ancient times, trade routes from three continents-____, ____, and _____- met at the Bosporus Strait, with trade goods flowing into Istanbul from as far away as ____, _____, and _____ _____.
10, 1/10
In the Grand Bazaar, sellers can name a price that is ____ times the items worth and buyers respond with an offer that is ____ the items worth.
nonrenewable
Is oil renewable or nonrenewable?
railroad, train
Istanbul is a ____ center and has been since the early days of ____ travel.
Hippodrome, 100,000
Istanbul visitors can still view the remains of the ____, an ancient sports center that could hold ____ people.
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran
Kurds live in ____, _____, ____, and _____.
polluted water, stomach problems, liver disease.
Many people around the Aral Sea have become ill from ___ ____. Many people now suffer from ____ ____ and _____ ____.
100, disappeared
Most of the ____ species of fish that used to live in the Aral Sea have now ____.
Arabs, Arabic, Kurds, Persians
Most of the people who live in Southwest Asia are ____, people who speak _____. Other major ethnic groups are ____ and ____.
anemia
Nearly all pregnant women in the Aral Sea region suffer from _____.
40,000, 3,000
Of the ____ people who once lived in Moynaq, only ____ remain.
a sword covered with diamonds and emeralds
What is the Tokapi dagger?
rice, shorter growing season, rice, water
Some farmers began to grow ____ instead of cotton because of the _____ _____ ____. However, ____, like cotton, needs a lot of _____.
oil reserves
Southwest Asia has the world's largest known _____.
Europe, Africa, Asia
Southwest Asia lies at the crossroads of three continents: ____, ____, and _____.
F
T or F? Ankara is larger than Istanbul.
T
T or F? Freshwater contains a little bit of salt.
4th, freshwater, half
The Aral Sea used to be the world's ____ largest ____ lake. Now it is ____ that size.
Europe and Asia
The Bosporus Strait marks the dividing line between what two continents?
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
The Bosporus strait is part of a waterway that flows from the _____ to the _____.
Black Sea, Sea of Marmara
The Bosporus strait links the ____ to the _____.
60, 3,000
The Grand Bazaar has more than ____ streets and ____ shops.
Blue, 20,000
The ____ mosque takes it's name from the ____ blue tiles that line it's inside walls.
Tokapi
The ____ palace is a symbol of Turkey's Ottoman heritage.
20, 35,000
The fish canneries in Moynaq produced ____ million cans of seafood a year, and this thriving industry supported ____ workers.
Iran
The great majority of Persians live where?
joblessness, Kazakhstan
The highest level of ____ in ____ is near the Aral Sea region.
true
True or False? Istanbul's population is more than twice the size of the next largest city in Turkey.
throat cancer, tuberculosis
Two of the diseases "black blizzards" carry?
potable
Until the 1960s, water in the Aral Sea was _____.
textiles, clothing, steel products, food, minerals
What are Istanbul's main exports?
machinery, oil, metals, medicines, plastics, chemicals
What are Istanbul's main imports?
temporary shelters on open land outside the cities outskirts
What are gecekondus?
traffic jams, air pollution
What are some problems in Istanbul?
Istanbul
What city lies in both Asia and Europe?
Turkey
What country is Istanbul part of?
Constantinople
What did the Romans call Istanbul?
Byzantium
What did the ancient Greeks call Istanbul?
"black blizzards"
What do local people in Moynaq refer to dust storms as?
the Bosporus strait
What do thousands of Turks use to commute back and forth from Asia and Europe?
built overnight
What does geceknodus mean?
keeps most of the oil and natural gas in the earth
What does impermeable rock do?
highest ranking
What does the word primate mean?
a place where fish are caught, processed, and sold
What is a fishery?
public bath
What is a hamam?
soccer
What is a popular sport in Istanbul?
freshwater
What is a supply that Southwest Asia lacks?
carpet weaving
What is an ancient and honored art in Turkey?
heat energy drawn from inside earth
What is geothermal energy?
Hagia Sophia ("Holy Wisdom"), a museum that used to be an Islamic mosque and before that a Christian church
What is one of the most visited historic sites in Istanbul/
its domes and minarets
What is the Blue mosque famous for?
long and warm
What kind of a growing season does cotton need?
Syr Darya and Amu Darya
What two rivers fed the Aral Sea until the 1960s?
fishing town in the Soviet Union
What was Moynaq in the 1960s?
the Aral Sea
What was Moynaq surrounded by in the 1960s?
degradation of the aral sea
What was an unplanned effect of the damming of the Amu and Syr rivers?
Constantinople
What was the capital of the Byzantium Empire?
40,000 people
What was the population in Moynaq in 1960?
196 CE
When did Byzantium become part of the Roman Empire?
330 CE
When did Constantine make Byzantium the capital city of the Roman Empire?
1923
When did Istanbul lose its place as a capital city?
1922
When did the Ottoman Empire fall apart?
1453
When did the Ottomans take over Constantinople and rename it Istanbul?
more than 2,500 years ago
When was Istanbul founded?
1600s
When was the Blue mosque built?
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Where is the Aral Sea located?
Asia
Where is the eastern part of Istanbul?
Europe
Where is the western part of Istanbul?
The Turks
Who gave Istanbul it's name?
wash, have massages, visit with friends
Why do Turks go to hamams?
favorable location
Why has Istanbul survived for so long?
the misuse of what little water there is
Why has the Aral Sea been degraded at Moynaq?
they wanted to show that Turkey was a modern place
Why was Ankara chosen as the capital city of Turkey?
great size, although fresh water
Why was the Aral Sea called a sea?
1, 6
___ of every ____ Turks lives in Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia, most
____ ____ is the largest country in Southwest Asia, and also has the most _____
environmental degradation
damage to or destruction of the natural environment
oil reserves
oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground
crude oil
petroleum as it comes out of the ground and before it has been refined or processed into useful products
renewable resource
resource that can't be used up or that can be replaced quickly as it is used up. (ex: sunlight, wood)
water that is too salty to drink
salt water
salinization
the buildup of salt in soil or water
water stress
the condition that occurs when people don't have enough clean fresh water to meet their everyday needs
primate city
the largest and most important city in a country. at least twice the population of the next largest city. center of economic power and national culture.
site
the specific place where something is located, including its physical setting
situation
the way a place is positioned in relation to its wider surroundings
